Nice bit of nature writing in your bears post! Put me right there with you. I have had similar encounters with bears in PA when running on old logging trails. You described their poor eyesight WTF look when they sense you really well. One thing that amazed me is that once they were out of site when they ran away I couldn't hear them. Ninja skills for a multi hundred pound creature!
The day I left for MIU my first year in '75 a bear walked right up our driveway for the first time in the day that we saw. I considered it a good omen from "nature" at the time. Since then my omens have become a huge nuisance destroying bird feeders and trash cans in our area and lots of people get to have morning "omen" sightings! --- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis, same here; one of the things that I've always enjoyed about > solo backpacking is the occasional interaction with non-domesticated > animals. Sometime ago I posted an encounter with three bears at the > end of a 4-day hike in the Marble Mountains a few years ago; one of > my favorite trips for just that reason. (Message # 128281) > > One of the things I'm digging about surfing is hanging with the seals > and the dolphins. What a world. > > Marek > > ** > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Excellent book Marek! I just put both of them on hold at the > library. > > I am a big fan of human animal communication. (evidenced by my > desire > > to post here!) > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Comment and recommendation below: > > > > > > ** > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > **snip** > > > > > > > To tell you the truth, if you want real aliens to talk to, why > > > > consider that famous parrot that died a few days ago. That > bird did > > > > more to me than any cropcircle -- that bird made me believe in > > > animal > > > > minds being, as if, whole alien worlds that need traveling to, > need > > > > understanding. Even with the astounding evidence of animal > minds > > > that > > > > are very sophisticated -- apes, birds, dogs, elephants, > dolphins, > > > > etc., the tabloids are trying to invent these whacky goofyass > foci > > > of > > > > attention for the purpose of selling newspapers. To hell with, > you > > > > know, anything real. > > > > > > > > Where's the billions put into animal research? What could we > learn > > > > about the alien worlds of dolphin cultures that would impact > our own > > > > cultural sensibilities? What if the dolphins are actually > speaking > > > a > > > > language that is as rich as our own? What if dolphins create > > > artistic > > > > masterpieces of holographic sound that on the other side of the > > > world > > > > a group of whales pause to appreciate? These opportunities are > left > > > > unexplored, but, hey, we'd better try to contact aliens we've > never > > > > contacted yet to date. > > > > > > > > I say, better for us to try to understand the species we > already > > > have > > > > at our doorsteps -- try to understand what's right here, right > now. > > > > > > > > > > **snip to end** > > > > > > Edg, there's a couple of books by a guy, Eugene Linden, that my > son > > > turned me on to, one of which is titled "The Octopus and the > > > Orangutan" and the other "The Parrot's Lament". Excellent > material > > > culled from interviews and visits with both the scientists and > other > > > hands-on/eyes-on zookeepers who work closely with animals and > have > > > concluded that animal intelligence is actual factual and not far > > > distant from our own in many ways. Basically, it's all anecdotal > > > stuff that isn't publishable as science but to these individuals > > > there is no doubt that the animals they're working with are > highly > > > sentient and lucid. > > > > > > For instance, on the simian side you've got a zoo orang who > > > manipulates a found wire into a lockpicking device, conceals it > under > > > his bottom lip when not needed, and uses it to visit others at > night > > > and to look for food that not locked up. In the cephalopod > corner > > > there are stories of octopi who break out of their own tank > during > > > the night and make the harrowing and frequently unsuccessful > journey > > > across bare linoleum to another tank in which either food or a > > > possible mating opportunity exists. Lots more and all absolutely > > > great stuff and a fine read. Recommended. > > > > > > Marek > > > > > >
